Scripture: Mattiyahu (Mat) 10:1-42 Pick up your cross
what does that mean

SYNOPSIS: What does the cross really mean? Why is it on
the Beth Goyim log? Isn’t it a catholic symbol? Today on His Shabbat we
are going to see what Yeshua the Messiah says. We are going to look at
when He said “Pick up your cross”. Now Yeshua is a Jew, what would this
mean to them? What does it mean today? We will look at a 22 part
dissertation by Yeshua from Mattiyahu 10. Prepare you pens for
writing!!!

LESSON 1: TAKE UP YOUR CROSS WHAT DOES THE KEY VERSE
MEAN: Mattiyahu (Mat) 10:1-42 Pick up your cross what does that mean.
Key V: Mat 10:38 And anyone who does not take up his CROSS and follow
me is not worthy of me. The key verse has 5 sections. V38 Section 1:
Anyone, V38 Section 2: Take upV38 Section 3: The Cross, V38 Section 4:
Follow Yeshua,V38 Section 5: Not worthy of Yeshua. Yochanan (Jn) 14:6 No
one

LESSON 2: 22 PARTS TO THE SYMBOL OF THE CROSS. Mattiyahu
(Mat) 10. Section 01: V1 Talmidim- being taught. Section 02: V2-4
Emissaries – being sent by name. Section 03: V5-6 lost sheep of the
house of Isra'el. Section 04: V7-8 go proclaim. Section 05: V9-10 Trust.
Section 06: V11-13 Greetings of Shalom…the gift we bring peace With
Elohim. Section 07: V14-15 They do not want this Shalom. Section 08: V16
prudent as the evil one but as gentle as the dove. Section 09: V17 Pain
may accompany you. Section 10: V18-20 As a testimony. Section 11: V21
Betrayal for they love the pagan lifestyle. Section 12: V22
Perseverance. Section 13: V23 Persecution. Section 14: V24-25 Be like
THE RABBI, not like the evil one. Section 15: V26 Covered and uncovered.
Section 16: V27 speak, whisper, proclaim for the highest places. Section
17: V28 do not fear…fear the Holy One Section 18: V29-31 As for you, you
are worth more. Section 19: V32-33 Acknowledgment or Disassociation.
Section 20: V34 Bring a sword. Section 21: V35-36 People against one
another…choose this day. Section 22: V37 whoever loves that instead of
this. Section 23: V38 PICK UP YOUR CROSS. Section 24: V39 loose to gain.
Section 25: V40 Receives the one who sent HIM. Section 26: V41 Reward of
both. Section 27: V42 the living water

LESSON 1: TAKE UP YOUR CROSS WHAT DOES THE KEY VERSE MEAN

Mattiyahu (Mat) 10:1-42 Pick up your cross what does that
mean

Key V: Mat 10:38 And anyone who does not take up his CROSS and
follow me is not worthy of me.

V38 Section 1: Anyone

V38 Section 2: Take up

V38 Section 3: The Cross

V38 Section 4: Follow Yeshua

V38 Section 5: Not worthy of Yeshua

CROSS - G4716 σταυρός
stow-ros' Thayer Definition: 1) an upright stake, especially a pointed
one 2) a cross 3) a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious
punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians

Encyclopedia Britannica reports that the first historical
record of Crucifixion was about 519 BC when "Darius I, king of Persia,
crucified 3,000 political opponents in Babylon" (Encyclopedia
Britannica, crucifixion)

Archeological proof of the cross, as opposed to a stake.

Historical findings have substantiated the traditional
cross. One finding is a graffito dating to shortly after 200 A.D., taken
from the walls of the Roman Palatine. It is a drawing of a crucified
ass; a mockery of a Christian prisoner who worships Christ. The Romans
were no doubt amused that Christians worshiped this Jesus whom they had
crucified on a cross.

In June of 1968, bulldozers working north of Jerusalem
accidentally laid bare tombs dating from the first century B.C. and the
first century A.D. Greek archeologist Vasilius Tzaferis was instructed
by the Israeli Department of Antiquities to carefully excavate these
tombs. Subsequently one of the most exciting finds of recent times was
unearthed - the first skeletal remains of a crucified man. The most
significant factor is its dating to around the time of Christ. The
skeleton was of a man named Yehohanan son of Chaggol, who had been
crucified between the age of 24 and 28. Mr. Tzaferis wrote an article in
the Jan/Feb. 1985 issue of the secular magazine Biblical Archaeology
Review (BAR).

At the end of the first century B.C., the Romans adopted
crucifixion as an official punishment for non-Romans for certain limited
transgressions. During this early period, a wooden beam, known as a furca or patibulum
was placed on the slave's neck and bound to his arms.

When the procession arrived at the execution site, a
vertical stake was fixed into the ground. Sometimes the victim was
attached to the cross only with ropes. In such a case, the patibulum or
crossbeam, to which the victim's arms were already bound, was simply
affixed to the vertical beam; the victim's feet were then bound to the
stake with a few turns of the rope.

If the victim was attached by nails, he was laid on the
ground, with his shoulders on the crossbeam. His arms were held out and
nailed to the two ends of the crossbeam, which was then raised and fixed
on top of the vertical beam. The victim's feet were then nailed down
against this vertical stake.

Jan/Feb. 1985 issue of Biblical Archaeology Review (BAR).

Key V: Mat 10:38 And anyone who does not take up his CROSS and
follow me is not worthy of me.

CROSS - G4716 σταυρός
stow-ros' Thayer Definition: 1) an upright stake, especially a pointed
one 2) a cross 3) a well known instrument of most cruel and ignominious
punishment, borrowed by the Greeks and Romans from the Phoenicians

TAKE UP - G2983 λαμβάνω
lam-ban'-o Thayer Definition: 1) to take 2) to take with the hand, lay
hold of, any person or thing in order to use it 3) to take up a thing to
be carried 4) to take upon one’s self 5) to take what is one’s own, to
take to one’s self, to make one’s own 6) to claim, procure, for one’s
self 7) to associate with one’s self as companion, attendant 8) reach
after, strive to obtain 9) to receive what is offered 10) to choose,
select 11) to receive (what is given), to gain, get, obtain, to get back

FOLLOW – G190 ἀκολουθέω
akoloutheō
Thayer Definition: 1) to follow one who precedes, join
him as his attendant, accompany him 2) to join one as a disciple, become
or be his disciple

WORTHY - G514 ἄξιος
ax'-ee-os Thayer Definition: 1) weighing, having weight, having the
weight of another thing of like value, worth as much 2) deserving,
comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise): - due reward, meet, [un-]
worthy 3) befitting, congruous, corresponding to a thing 4) of one who
has merited anything worthy

Mat 4:3 The Tempter came and said to him, "If you are
the Son of God, order these stones to become bread." Mat 4:4 But he
answered, "The Tanakh says, 'Man does not live on bread alone, but on
every word that comes from the mouth of YEHOVAH' "

KEEP HOLD MAT 10

D’varim (Deut) 8:1-3 the cross represents the TORAH

Deu 8:1 "All the mitzvot I am giving you today you are
to take care to obey, so that you will live, increase your numbers,
enter and take possession of the land YEHOVAH swore about to your
ancestors. Deu 8:2 You are to remember everything of the way in which
YEHOVAH led you these forty years in the desert, humbling and testing
you in order to know what was in your heart - whether you would obey his
mitzvot or not. Deu 8:3 He humbled you, allowing you to become hungry,
and then fed you with man, which neither you nor your ancestors had ever
known, to make you understand that a person does not live on food alone
but on everything that comes from the mouth of YEHOVAH.

Section 01: V1 Talmidim- being taught

Mat 10:1 Yeshua called his twelve talmidim and gave them
authority to drive out unclean spirits and to heal every kind of disease
and weakness.

Mat 10:2 These are the names of the twelve emissaries:
First, Shim`on, called Kefa, and Andrew his brother, Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai
and Yochanan his brother,

EMISSARIES – APOSTLES - G652 ἀπόστολος
apostolos Thayer Definition: 1) a delegate, messenger, one sent forth
with orders 2) in a broader sense applied to other Messianic Torah
observant teachers 3) a delegate; specifically an ambassador of the
Gospel

HOLD PLACE

Yesha’yahu (Isa) 42:4-7 The cross represents opening the
eyes of the goyim to the real truth of every word that comes from the
mouth of Yehovah

Isa 42:4 he will not weaken or be crushed until he has
established justice on the earth, and the coastlands wait for his
Torah." Isa 42:5 Thus says God, YEHOVAH, who created the heavens and
spread them out, who stretched out the earth and all that grows from it,
who gives breath to the people on it and spirit to those who walk on it:
Isa 42:6 "I, YEHOVAH, called you righteously, I took hold of you by the
hand, I shaped you and made you a covenant for the people, to be a light
for the Goyim, Isa 42:7 so that you can open blind eyes, free the
prisoners from confinement, those living in darkness from the dungeon.

Section 02: V2-4 Emissaries – being sent by name

Mat 10:2 These are the names of the twelve emissaries:
First, Shim`on, called Kefa, and Andrew his brother, Ya`akov Ben-Zavdai
and Yochanan his brother,

Section 03: V5-6 lost sheep of the house of Isra'el

Mat 10:5 These twelve Yeshua sent out with the following
instructions: "Don't go into the territory of the Goyim, and don't enter
any town in Shomron, Mat 10:6 but go rather to the lost sheep of the
house of Isra'el.

Mat 10:6

HOLD PLACE

Mattiyahu (Mat) 28:19-20 the cross now encompasses the
nations of the world

Mat 10:6

LOST - G622 ἀπόλλυμι
ap-ol'-loo-mee Thayer Definition: 1) to destroy 2)render useless 3) to
kill 4) to declare that one must be put to death 5) metaphorically to
devote or give over to eternal misery in hell 6) to perish, to be lost,
ruined, destroyed

HOLD PLACE

Hoshea (Hos) 4:6 The Cross represents going back to the
knowledge of TRUTH

Hos 4:6 My people are destroyed for want of knowledge.
Because you rejected knowledge, I will also reject you as cohen for me.
Because you forgot the Torah of your God, I will also forget your
children.

Mat 10:6

Section 04: V7-8 go proclaim

Mat 10:7 As you go, proclaim, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is
near,'

Mat 10:8 heal the sick, raise the dead, cleanse those
afflicted with tzara`at, expel demons. You have received without paying,
so give without asking payment.

PROCLAIM – PREACH - G2784 κηρύσσω
kay-roos'-so Thayer Definition: 1) to be a herald, to officiate as a
herald 2) to proclaim after the manner of a herald 3) to herald (as a
public crier), especially divine truth 4) always with the suggestion of
formality, gravity and an authority which must be listened to and obeyed

HOLD PLACE

Sh’mot (Ex) 22:22-23 The Cross means crier of divine
truth

Exo 22:22 "You are not to abuse any widow or orphan. Exo
22:23 If you do abuse them in any way, and they cry to me, I will
certainly heed their cry.

D’varim (Deut) 30:13-15 The Cross represents the kingdom
is just a short prayer of truth away from all who accept the living word

Deu 30:13 Likewise, it isn't beyond the sea, so that you
need to ask, 'Who will cross the sea for us, bring it to us and make us
hear it, so that we can obey it?'

Deu 30:14 On the contrary, the word is very close to you
- in your mouth, even in your heart; therefore, you can do it! Deu
30:15 "Look! I am presenting you today with, on the one hand, life and
good; and on the other, death and evil -

Section 04: V7-8 go proclaim

Mat 10:7 As you go, proclaim, 'The Kingdom of Heaven is
near,'

Section 05: V9-10 Trust

Mat 10:9 Don't take money in your belts, no gold, no
silver, no copper;Mat 10:10 and for the trip don't take a pack, an
extra shirt, shoes or a walking stick — a worker should be given what he
needs.

Lev 26:3 " 'If you live by my regulations, observe my
mitzvot and obey them; Lev 26:4 then I will provide the rain you need
in its season, the land will yield its produce, and the trees in the
field will yield their fruit. Lev 26:5 Your threshing time will extend
until the grape harvest, and your grape harvesting will extend until the
time for sowing seed. You will eat as much food as you want and live
securely in your land.

Section 05: V9-10 Trust

Mat 10:9 Don't take money in your belts, no gold, no
silver, no copper;

B’resheet (Gen) 3:12-13 The Cross represents that you
won’t get fooled again. For you listen and obey the given word

Mat 10:16

Section 09: V17 Pain may accompany you

Mat 10:17 Be on guard, for there will be people who will
hand you over to the local Sanhedrins and flog you in their synagogues.

GUARD - G4337 προσέχω
pros-ekh'-o Thayer Definition: 1) to bring to, bring near 2) to turn the
mind to, attend to be attentive 3) to attend to one’s self, i.e. to give
heed to one’s self 4) give attention to, take heed 5) to apply one’s
self to, attach one’s self to, hold or cleave to a person or a thing 6)
to be given or addicted to 7) to devote thought and effort to

HOLD PLACE

Yechezk'el (Eze) 33:1-9 The Cross teaches us to be
watchmen and guarding aganst heretical teachings